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The short answer:
No.
The long answer:
The fastest manned vehicle record is held by a rocket, the Saturn V, on its return to Earth at the end of the Apollo 10 mission, achieving nearly 40,000 kph (just shy of 25,000 mph).
The (un-manned) New Horizons space craft is currently travelling at just under 55,500 kph (34,500 mph) en-route to Pluto.
The Voyager 1 probe was doing about 61,000 kph (38,000 mph) when it left the solar system. Both Voyager probes are still making their way through the Heliosheaf, and are still sending data back to Earth.
The fastest man-made object is the Helios 2 (solar observation) probe at 252,800 kph (157,100 mph). Helios 1 and 2 are no longer functioning, but are still orbiting the sun.
The speed of light (in a vacuum) is 1,079,252,850 kph (670,616,630 mph), which is, to put it mildly, rather a large gap.
Abandoning chemical rockets for advancing ion-based propulsion systems and solar sails, we may produce craft that greatly exceed all current speed records through the application of constant force over time. While they could take many years to achieve maximum speed, they would be capable of maintaining thrust for prolonged periods.
Even with all the time in the universe, there are other obstructions, however. The laws of physics, thus far in accordance with all predictions based upon Einstein's theory of relativity, dictate that as an object with mass approaches the speed of light, its mass will become infinite. The energy required to accelerate the object to light speed would be infinite. Even stranger, the length of the object or craft would become zero. These are impossibilities.
Knowing quite what happens at such velocities is something that we continue to strive for, and so far, everything that can be measured, whether it be the distance and velocity of astronomical objects, or readings taken of particles travelling at near-relativistic speeds in an accelerator, conforms to predictions using Einstein's theory.
At the very least, we can assume with some certainty that travelling at the speed of light would mean having to bend the physical laws of the universe in some weird ways. We have no idea if or how such laws can be bent, and we're certainly not going to achieve even near-light speeds with conventional rockets any time soon.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoThere is nothing that prevents an object from moving at the speed of light or faster relative to you. What cannot happen is for you to accelerate to the speed of light relative to your starting inertial frame of reference.
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∙ 10y agoNo. No object with mass can travel at the speed of light. That would require an infinite amount of energy. Missiles travel at a few hundred to a few thousand miles per hour depending on the type.
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∙ 15y agono so far in recorded history nothing man made has every gone the speed of light
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∙ 10y agoOf course. Why not ?
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When travelling at the speed of light's one can reach the moon in?
1.27 seconds
What happens hen you heat a particle up so fast it travels at the speed of light?
No particle can reach the speed of light. Mass increases with speed, and the particle would become infinitely massive as it came closer to the speed of light.
Is it possible to get more speed then light to the particle with accelerator?
No. The more energy the accelerator can give the particle, the closer the particle can approach to the speed of light, but it can never reach exactly that speed.
What speed can a infra red light reach up to?
There's no reason that infrared light should move at a speed different from the speed of any other wavelength of light, or for that matter, the speed of any other form of electromagnetic radiation. The speed of infrared light is simply the speed of light in whatever medium it happens to find itself at the moment.
How long would it take to get to IOK-1?
At a distance of about 12.88 billion light years, it is unlikely that it will still be there when you reach it. At a speed of "c" (Speed of light) you would still be unlikely to be able to reach it, as most further galaxies are receding at close, if not faster, than the speed of light. If however, the Universe was static, it would take about 12.88 billion years to reach it at the speed of light. As this is not possible, lets put this into perspective. The fasted man made craft is Voyager 1, so far travelling at 35,700 mph. At that speed, it would take a mere 241,900,000,000,000 years to reach IOK-1.
Do the electrons move the speed of the light?
No, because the orbital is really just an abraction - the electron isn't racing around the orbital like a racecar, so there isn't a speed. The orbital is a better measure of the electrons potential energy.
Which vehicles can reach to the speed of light?
None can.
How does sunlight reach earth?
the light speed are very fast so light easily reach on earth
The upper limit to the speed of an object with mass?
An object with mass might approach, but never reach, the speed of light.An object with mass might approach, but never reach, the speed of light.An object with mass might approach, but never reach, the speed of light.An object with mass might approach, but never reach, the speed of light.
Does mass travel at the speed of light or does it vibrate at the speed of light?
Neither, mass can never reach the speed of light, this question also contridicts the theory of realativity.
How To Travel At The Speed Of Light?
You can't travel at the speed of light. It might be possible, in theory, to approach it, but not quite to reach it.
If a space vehicle of unknown mass with an infinite amount of fuel had a 1 pound thrust engine running continuously would it eventually reach the speed of light?
It would never reach the speed of light because things with mass can't move at the speed of light. However, it would eventually get as close to the speed of light as you want.
Why traveling at the speed of light would we disperse?
No such thing would happen. Matter cannot reach the speed of light, only massless things can (and they cannot travel at any other speed than the speed of light).
When travelling at the speed of light's one can reach the moon in?
1.27 seconds
How much energy you would produce if you were going the speed of light?
Since no object with mass can reach the speed of light -- such an object can only approach that speed -- the question is meaningless.
Why Lorentz Tranformation does not allow any object to reach the speed of light?
from a purely mathematical stand point, if something were to reach the speed of light the time dialation/length contraction formula would yield something over 0. This is beacuse the formula is: constant/[(1-(velocity/speed of light)^2] as you can see, if velocity=speed of light, you get something over zero.
What happens hen you heat a particle up so fast it travels at the speed of light?
No particle can reach the speed of light. Mass increases with speed, and the particle would become infinitely massive as it came closer to the speed of light.
